Another Sweet Week of Summer

Well, things are not boring. I guess that's the way it is from here on out. I'll be sad when I have nothing to do and my house is always clean. As it is now, we have lots to do and my house doesn't remember what clean means. Here is another addition of Summer Fun!

Sean started piano lessons today and is pretty excited about learning to play. Jason swam the length of the pool and Kyle can jump off the side of the pool and turn around and swim almost all the way back. Riley made a calculated move for my cell phone today and went from sitting to his tummy (a big deal for him). So, life is good.

We had the funnest '30 Going on 13' 30th birthday party for my friend Katie. We dressed up in 80's clothes, listened to Cindy Lauper, went to dinner and then bowling. It was a riot! We even did the chinese firedrill at the stoplight. We really thought we were 13 again. And, yeah, we still got it!:) I wish I had better pictures, but these will have to do.

For Family Home Evening on Monday, we took the boys fishing at the lake. We were there 2 hours, ate several chocolate cupcakes and caught 4 white bass (Sean 1, Jason 1, Kyle 2). We all had a great time, even with a little rain.

This was tonight's activity...motorcycles in the field. What awesome boys I have! And they couldn't have a better dad.

The Not-So-Lazy Days of Summer

We have started the summer break off with a bang! What a fun time of year. I love when school is out and we get to do whatever we want all day long. In the past week we have played on the slip and slide with Uncle Bryan in town, climbed trees, trained for a triathlon (Erin), gone to work (poor Ben), had a mud fight with friends (Sean and Jason), taken swimming lessons (Sean, Jason and Kyle), taken some serious naps (Kyle and Riley), had picnics, painted the bathroom (Erin, since she had to paint the area where she started the fire), started potty training (Erin and, occasionally, Kyle), eaten food from the garden, BBQ'd with friends, etc. Wow, that's a busy week! I hope we have more just like this one!!! Here are some pictures of our fun...

Sean and Jason just came in a few minutes ago looking like this...

Riley got a little tired after swimming in the pool this morning (best baby EVER!)...

Sean, Jason and Kyle have been taking swimming lessons from my friend Katie. Kyle wakes up every morning ready to go. They all love it. They each had their 4th lesson today and I can't believe the progress! Thanks so much Katie!

My brother, Bryan, came to visit on Friday so we had a picnic/water party. I wasn't intending to get wet, but how can you resist a slip-n-slide?!

Jason took the slip-n-slide to a whole new level...

My cute monkeys!

Riley loves the water, as long as it's warm:)

Jason with some sweet moves into the pool...